Malaysian housing developers ignoring freebie guidelines
SOME seven months after more cooling measures were introduced, home prices continue to inch up as developers prefer to offer rebates than price their products lower.
Many appear to be not abiding by guidelines on "freebies". Some banks are also still basing their financing on the sales-and-purchase agreement (SPA) price rather than net selling price, a survey by the national House Buyers Association (HBA) has found.
On a more positive note, except for one small developer, the projects surveyed by HBA volunteers did not offer the easy financing develop…
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